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Understanding 9/11Chtin Mara - Madhouse Blues [enrmp337]
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Schizoid triphop? Dubstep? Robotic afrostep? Experimental electronics? We don't know what to call this album from Chtin Mara, an alter ego of previous Enough Records release artist Mons Jacet. But it's well worth the listen if you're looking for something sick downtempo.
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| My Shizoid Children |
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Reviews
Reviewer:
pliorius
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November 1, 2014
Subject: chtin mara
Subject: chtin mara
review by way of http://acloserlisten.com/2014/02/19/electronic-observations-2014-1/
"By way of contrast to the elegance of Bavaria, along comes Chtin Mara who has made a wilfully awkward album in the shape of Madhouse Blues. Imagine Luke Vibert taking his normal sound, adding some dubstep touches but then making it as harsh as he could, and that might give you some idea of what we’re dealing with. It’s not a pleasant listen, but actually the disturbing arrangements and sounds fit in with the concept of the album – sample track names include “Robots with OCD” and “Cyborgphobia”. The Vibert comparison is valid, I think, because Mons Jacet has a humorous spirit infecting his work, and there’s a chance this is an album that will appeal more to Nurse With Wound fans than electronic afficianados. Aside from the comparatively soothing “Butterfly In The Stomach” that closes the album, Madhouse Blues is an abrasive record, but after a while it does begin to make sense, which is probably worrying in itself. File under: uneasy listening."
"By way of contrast to the elegance of Bavaria, along comes Chtin Mara who has made a wilfully awkward album in the shape of Madhouse Blues. Imagine Luke Vibert taking his normal sound, adding some dubstep touches but then making it as harsh as he could, and that might give you some idea of what we’re dealing with. It’s not a pleasant listen, but actually the disturbing arrangements and sounds fit in with the concept of the album – sample track names include “Robots with OCD” and “Cyborgphobia”. The Vibert comparison is valid, I think, because Mons Jacet has a humorous spirit infecting his work, and there’s a chance this is an album that will appeal more to Nurse With Wound fans than electronic afficianados. Aside from the comparatively soothing “Butterfly In The Stomach” that closes the album, Madhouse Blues is an abrasive record, but after a while it does begin to make sense, which is probably worrying in itself. File under: uneasy listening."
